| Broadcast Name | Batch Number | Description |
|---|
| Taiwan | 79-01 | |
| Taiwan I | 79-01 | The United States, for the first time, broke a treaty without cause when, on December 15th 1978, announced the establishment of diplomatic relations with Mainland "Red" China. The treaty broken was with the Chinese government on the island of Taiwan.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 61 |
| Taiwan II | 79-01 | This broadcast from Reagan is his reaction to a recent announcement that the United States would establish formal diplomatic relations with mainland "Red" China. He explains the history of our relationship with Red China, the conditions for making the change and why it is a bad move.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 45 |
| Taiwan III | 79-01 | |
| Jim Hendricks | 79-01 | |
| Patent Medicine I | 79-01 | |
| Patent Medicine II | 79-01 | |
| Human Rights | 79-01 | Reagan takes aim at President Carter's official recognition of the People's Republic of China (mainland China). Carter had said that Human Rights was the soul of his foreign policy, but the PRC was a horrible Human Rights violator.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 155 |
| Health Insurance | 79-01 | |
| Telescope I | 79-01 | The free market creates a profit motive for the innovator, but the product often benefits everyone in the society. Reagan's got an interesting example of a need that was seen and filled. Urban sprawl has made astronomy difficult. An observatory built 30 years ago in the middle of nowhere is now surrounded by homes in a suburb. That's why the Rand Instrument Corp. perfected a mobile observatory with a 16 to 40 inch telescope. Not realizing it, this development turned into a military surveillance breakthrough.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 310-313 |
| Telescope II | 79-01 |
| Miscellaneous I | 79-01 | |
| Miscellaneous II | 79-01 | |
| Miscellaneous III | 79-01 | |
| South Africa | 79-01 | Under pressure from activists, corporations doing business in South Africa began to stop. However, the elected chief minister of the Zulu, Gatsha Buthelezi, is opposed to the action. Those corporations pulling their operations from South Africa are laying off black employees or removing good from the country that black South Africans need.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 189 |
| Phone | 79-02 | The government is suing the phone company AT&T over its private monopoly, while it maintains its own government monopoly over the postal service and first class mail. What service improvements have we gotten from AT&T? Costs have gone down, quality has gone up. And the postal service? Is it getting cheaper?
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 316 |
| OPEC | 79-02 | Reagan makes the argument that recent OPEC price hikes are our own fault, that our own inflationary monetary policies are devaluing the dollar. The OPEC nations are just trying to keep up with the loss. He also points out that an OPEC price increase would have much less of an impact if we would simply use our own oil wells.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 321 |
| Federal Trade Commission | 79-02 | |
| The Official Rules | 79-02 |
Guest: John McClaury |
| Anti-Poverty Abuses I | 79-02 | |
| Anti-Poverty Abuses II | 79-02 | |
| Wind Energy in Denmark | 79-02 |
Guest: John McClaury |
| Counterintelligence | 79-02 | |
| Australia I | 79-02 | |
| Australia II | 79-02 | |
| Peace Corps | 79-02 | |
| A Policeman | 79-02 | |
| Miscellaneous 1 | 79-02 |
Guest: John McClary |
| Miscellaneous 2 | 79-02 | |
| Regulations | 79-02 | |
| Proposition 13 and the Post Commission I | 79-03 | |
| Proposition 13 and the Post Commission II | 79-03 | |
| Deregulation | 79-03 | |
| Dishonest Environmentalists | 79-03 | |
| Fish | 79-03 | We thought we were protecting our ocean fishing territories, but we were really just shooting ourselves in the foot. The Fisheries Conservation and Management Act of 1977 set a 200-mile range, preventing other countries from fishing off our coasts, but also putting limits on the amount of fish we could catch. As a result, within two years of its passage, the United States now imports 90% of its fish.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 290 |
| Constitutional Amendment | 79-03 | Could there be a balanced-budget amendment around the corner? (In hindsight, no.) There is a great deal of public support for it and numerous states have passed their own tax limitation bills. There are also 25 state legislatures that have passed resolutions calling for a Constitutional amendment. Too bad it never happened.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 284 |
| Pot | 79-03 | |
| Saying "No" Part I | 79-03 | |
| Saying "No" Part II | 79-03 | |
| Conspiracy | 79-03 | The results of a House investigation into the assassination of JFK have been released. They point to a conspiracy, but fail to suggest who was behind it. Reagan seems to favor Communist perpetrators, given Lee Harvey Oswald's connections to the Soviet Union and support for Castro.
Available on "Reagan In His Own Voice"
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 234 |
| Lawrence Welk | 79-03 |
Available in "Stories In His Own Hand" Page 80 |
| Income Tax | 79-03 | A recent change in the tax code for singles vs. married couples has flipped things from being unfair towards singles to being unfair to couples, especially when a working wife is redefined as a secondary earner and her full income is taxed as the highest braket of their combined incomes.
Available on "Reagan In His Own Voice"
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 280 |
| Hamburgers | 79-03 | |
| Long Walk | 79-03 | |
| Miscellaneous | 79-03 | |
| Nancy | 79-04 | In a slight turn, Nancy Reagan, not Ronald, delivered this broadcast. On a recent trip to New York City, Nancy Reagan was invited to tour a Harlem private school. She shares the story of her visit and some additional information about the "Inner-City Scholarship Fund" which kept open some 56 schools threatened with closure.
Available on "Reagan In His Own Voice"
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 355 |
| Lettuce Strike | 79-04 | |
| Taiwan's Future | 79-04 | Some in the military believe Taiwan could withstand an a war with their mainland counterparts, but there are several retired from the military who disagree. In light of the discussions from previous broadcasts about military members with differing opinions from the administration, who would you trust?
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 72 |
| POW | 79-04 | |
| Cuba | 79-04 | Reagan shares information from Congressman Steve Symms of Idaho, who had recently taken a trip around the Caribbean, including Cuba.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 158 |
| The 100 Club | 79-04 | |
| CIA | 79-04 | |
| Miscellaneous | 79-04 | |
| Inflation | 79-04 | |
| Human Rights | 79-04 | |
| Comparisons | 79-04 | Reagan compares and contrasts the 3 superpowers (based on size and population). The Soviet Union has the most land. China has the most people. Yet, we have the greatest GNP, the most efficient food production, more cars, more roads, more phones, more TVs, more computers. We have better wages, larger homes, and longer life expectancy.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 229 |
| Nuclear Power II | 79-04 | |
| Nuclear Power I | 79-04 | |
| Higher Standard of Living | 79-04 | |
| Student Economists | 79-04 | |
| Panama | 79-05 | The treaty's ratified, is it all over? Don't you believe it! The Panamanians are making a lot of new demands outside the original scope of the treaty, and the United States seems to be unwilling to push back.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 211 |
| Small Business I | 79-05 | |
| Small Business II | 79-05 | |
| Scared Straight | 79-05 | |
| Palestine | 79-05 | Reagan shares some history of what happened in the Middle East after Sykes-Picot, the post-World War I secret agreement that carved up the former Ottoman Empire and ties it to the trouble currently going on in the area.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 215 |
| Miscellaneous | 79-05 | |
| Agriculture | 79-05 | Reagan often stuck up for the farmer. During price spikes on beef in 1975, when everyone blamed the farmers, he pointed out the numerous factors that go into beef production. Farmers are upset about inflation and had recently created a "tractorcade" to Washington D.C. Reagan cites government interference as exacerbating the problem.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 304 |
| Rhodesia | 79-05 | |
| District of Columbia | 79-05 | |
| Miscellaneous II | 79-05 | |
| Rural Renaissance | 79-05 | |
| Washington Weather | 79-05 | |
| Salt II Part I | 79-05 | In part one: One can easily get the desired results to a poll by manipulating the questions being asked. A couple polls show that the American people favor the SALT II treaty, but upon closer look, the question asked were simply about arms limitations and never mentioned SALT II. In part two, we learn about the polling done at the behest of "The Committee On The Present Danger" and when SALT II is specifically mentioned, less than 10% approved.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 88-89 |
| Salt II Part II | 79-05 |
| Miscellaneous III | 79-05 | |
| New England Energy Barriers | 79-06 |
Guest: John McClaury |
| Land Use: The California Precedent | 79-06 | |
| The Real Impact of Inflation | 79-06 | |
| Real Estate Signs | 79-06 | |
| Jonestown | 79-06 | |
| David and Goliath | 79-06 | |
| Schools | 79-06 | Just when did education start to go into decline? Reagan believes it was when Federal aid became Federal interference. The NEA is still trying to get their Department of Education created, though there have been stumbling blocks.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 352 |
| Budget | 79-06 | There's a lot of talk right now about the balanced budget Constitutional Amendment, but Reagan thinks there's another amendment that would do just as much to control the federal spending. Many states grant their governors the power of... the line-item veto. Granted to President Bill Clinton by law in 1996, it was challenged and overturned by the Supreme Court. The power would have to be granted via a Constitutional Amendment.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 285 |
| Food Stamps | 79-06 | |
| Bilingual Education I | 79-06 | |
| Bilingual Education II | 79-06 | Reagan made a mistake. As governor, he thought bilingual education meant having teachers that could assist non-English speakers. No, it means having teachers teach in their own language. This seems to go against the idea of the US being a "melting pot." Reagan ends with a not-so-humorous suggestion that traffic signs be made to accommodate 70+ languages. Perhaps this is why we no long have the words "Walk/Don't Walk".
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 346 |
| Regulations Go to College | 79-06 | Starting in 1964, the number of laws pertaining to higher education has increased by 1000%. The number of regulations must be a great deal higher and they cover every aspect of college life. A university president recently told Reagan that the cost of complying with government paperwork has grown from $50K to $625K per year.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 360 |
| The Salcido Family | 79-06 | |
| Miscellaneous | 79-06 | |
| Free Enterprise | 79-06 | Why does capitalism get such a bad rap? Maybe the term free market should be used because it better contrasts with the idea of government control and ownership. Reagan uses the phone system as a means to show how the private sector, the free market, can build an industry faster, better and cheaper than the government.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 228 |
| T.K.E. | 79-07 |
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 413 |
| Three Mile Island I | 79-07 | |
| Three Mile Island II | 79-07 | |
| Whistle Blowers; Poverty's Causes | 79-07 | |
| Parable of the Talents Updated | 79-07 |
Guest: Williams Gavin |
| McCarthy | 79-07 | |
| Miscellaneous | 79-07 | |
| Grove City College | 79-07 | |
| I'm Only 17 | 79-07 | |
| Oil | 79-07 | |
| Fluid Flame Burner | 79-07 | |
| Disaster Area | 79-07 | |
| Sex Education | 79-07 | Reagan has a problem with the way sex education "is presently taught" because its boiled down to a physiological topic. Gone are the concepts of commitment, morality or (heaven forbid) religion and their impact on the decision-making process.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 347 |
| Graffiti | 79-07 | |
| Banned Words | 79-07 | |
| California Gas Shortage | 79-08 | What caused the California gas shortages? Some are blaming Californians for being gas hogs, but that's not the case. Studies show that Californians, on average, use less gas than those in the area of Washington D.C. Significant contributors to the shortage are the Department of Energy price controls and regulations regarding the changing of California refineries and purchasing foreign refined oil.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 322 |
| Oil | 79-08 | |
| Sex Education | 79-08 | |
| People's Park I | 79-08 | |
| People's Park II | 79-08 | |
| Free Trade vs Protectionism | 79-08 | |
| Political Bestiary | 79-08 | |
| Marijuana | 79-08 | |
| The Delaney Amendment | 79-08 | |
| Miscellaneous I | 79-08 | Its a desk clearing day, but its staying behind the Iron Curtain. First, we have some more talk about SALT II. Second, we learn about the "equality" of Communism in Romania, where what seems like half the government is related to Nicolae Ceaușescu.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 104 |
| Miscellaneous II | 79-08 | Reagan talks about new H.E.W. regulations, a lost affirmative action plan from the University of Alabama, the tale of Virginia Annable's car and, finally, a congratulatory note to Margaret Thatcher, new Prime Minister of England.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 46 |
| Investment Lag | 79-08 | |
| Crime | 79-08 | |
| Vietnam War | 79-08 | |
| Operation Get Smart | 79-08 | |
| John Wayne | 79-09 | Reagan remembers "an old friend" who had just passed away. He shares a couple stories of how "Duke" helped Nancy Reagan during some particularly violent Hollywood union strikes which threatened Reagan.
Available on "Reagan In His Own Voice"
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 412 |
| Double Standard | 79-09 | |
| The Pope in Poland | 79-09 | "Atheism is as much a part of Communism as is the Gulag." (I am also reading Paul Kengor's The Devil and Karl Marx. I would recommend it.) Reagan talks about a recent visit to Poland by Pope John Paul II, in which 60,000 young people attempted to attend a gathering ticketed for half that size.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 174 |
| Nuclear Power | 79-09 | |
| Oil Profits | 79-09 | |
| Miscellaneous | 79-09 | |
| Money | 79-09 | This is kind of a miscellaneous episode, though all the stories deal with money, hence the title. In the wake of California's Prop 13 passing, candidates are promising to cut spending... or are they? The Senate passed an amendment to create a spending limit, but it didn't seem to stop them. A Harvard economist believes part of the economic woes is lack of saving, so he is encouraging Congress to cut taxes on savings and investment. IN another story, two Chicago economists, studying all 50 states, found that those that cut spending are doing better than those that increased taxes.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 261 |
| A Green Lawn | 79-09 | |
| Bukovsky | 79-09 | Vladimir Bukovsky, recently exchanged to the West for the General Secretary of the Chilean Communist Party, Luis Corvalán, has written a book about his experiences living in the Soviet Union, particularly regarding the abuse of psychiatry for political purposes.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 149 |
| Molecules | 79-09 | |
| A Tale of Two Countries | 79-09 | Reagan looks to Poland and Pope John Paul II for the courage to stand for their religion against the atheistic Communism of the Soviet Union, then looks at the attacks upon religion in our own country, specifically speaking of Madalyn Murray O'Hair's efforts to remove "In God We Trust" from our money.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 176 |
| Joan Baez I | 79-09 | |
| Joan Baez II | 79-09 | |
| The Family | 79-09 |
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 375 |
| Corruption | 79-09 | |
| Busing Amendment | 79-10 | |
| Sen. Jackson on SALT II | 79-10 | |
| Soviet Trade | 79-10 | What is "dual-use" technology? It's something that can be used for both civilian AND military purposes. With help from the United States, the Soviet Union built the Kama River Truck Factory. Turns out the motors being produced in the factory are being put in armored personnel carriers and military assault vehicles. You try to be nice to some people...
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 73 |
| Trains | 79-10 | Reagan loved trains, even called himself a train buff in this broadcast. But, Amtrak is a financial money pit and he believes it needs to be severely restructured.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 306 |
| Nigeria | 79-10 | Virtue. Reagan uses this broadcast to ask, "Are we choosing paths that are politically expedient and morally questionable? Are we in truth losing our virtue." After a recent election in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), General Obasanjo of Nigeria warned against the United States recognizing the new Prime Minister. How could he do this? Oil. 1 of 8 barrels imported by the United States came from Nigeria (according to Reagan). Reagan feels we are in danger of losing our virtue by failing to support this newly-elected government and its democratic values we claim to favor.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 16 |
| Assembly Line Medicine I | 79-10 | |
| Assembly Line Medicine II | 79-10 | Reagan continues a conversation spurred on by an article in the American Spectator by F. S. Manor, a Canadian journalist. Along with discussing the Canadian health system, Major includes a statement from a Swedish health official in which he complains about physical check-ups, that they are "expensive and wasteful since only seldom would a doctor find any pathological condition." and that if something was to be discovered, "it prompts the patient to insist on expensive modern treatment that will often prolong life for as many as 20 years, during which time the patient will continued to make demands upon the state health services."
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 368 |
| Namibia I | 79-10 | In this 2-broadcast discussion, Reagan talks about a UN double-cross, Marxist terrorists, murder and a United States government that turned its back on the newly formed country of Namibia, leaving it in the hands of an unelected pro-communist government.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 190-193 |
| Namibia II | 79-10 |
| The MSHA Test | 79-10 | |
| Free Speech for Business? | 79-10 | |
| Energy-Saving Computer | 79-10 | |
| Project Match | 79-10 | |
| Miscellaneous | 79-10 | |
| Elementary Energy Lessons | 79-10 | |
| Congressional Promises and Performance | 79-11 | |
| Income Tax Indexation | 79-11 | |
| Chile | 79-11 | We turn a blind eye to human rights violations in the Soviet Union, but when we find an former ally seeking to overthrow a socialist regime committing their own human rights violations in the process, we come down on them hard. Such was the situation in Chile when a military coup ended the leadership of Salvador Allende.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 142 |
| International Year of the Child | 79-11 | |
| Tax Expenditures | 79-11 | Reagan opposes government surpluses, but not the way you may think. He believes a government surplus should be returned to the people. The last surplus in California Reagan administered, $850 million was returned to the people. But there's some new terminology being used in Washington now... "tax expenditures." Its not what the government spends its money on, it's the money you and I get to keep. The government doesn't view your money as yours. You're just holding it for them for a little while.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 283 |
| Another Side of the U.N. | 79-11 | |
| A Different Watergate Story | 79-11 | |
| Miscellaneous I | 79-11 | |
| Neoconservatives | 79-11 | |
| Common Sense from a Neighbor | 79-11 | |
| America | 79-11 | |
| Miscellaneous II | 79-11 | |
| Free Speech | 79-11 | |
| Showcase U.S.A. | 79-11 | |
| Miscellaneous III | 79-11 | |
| What to Expect from the Soviet Succession | 79-12 | |
| Thank You, Chairman Brezhnev | 79-12 | |
| Better Representation for Skilled Tradesmen | 79-12 | |
| Government Housing Programs | 79-12 | |
| Alaskan Anger | 79-12 | |
| Waiting in Line | 79-12 | |
| Citizen vs Chicago Transit Authority | 79-12 | |
| Tax Revolt Going Strong | 79-12 | |
| The Magic Money Machine | 79-12 | |
| Administration Report Clears | 79-12 | |
| Oil Companies | 79-12 | |
| Marijuana | 79-12 |
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 396 |
| Voting Records | 79-12 | |
| Power | 79-12 | |
| Food Stamps | 79-12 | |
| Living Dangerously Sometimes | 79-12 | |
| Defense I | 79-13 | Reagan spends 4 broadcasts talking about the controversy regarding the cancellation of development of the B-1 Bomber and the reemergence of the B-52 as the main long-range bomber during the Cold War. Much of the broadcasts comes from a newspaper reporter who rode along on a practice mission, its a little hair-raising.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 105-108, 119-120 |
| Defense II | 79-13 |
| Defense III | 79-13 |
| Defense IV | 79-13 |
| Talking Back | 79-13 | |
| Miscellaneous I | 79-13 | |
| Ships | 79-13 | |
| Salt II | 79-13 | Arms limitations treaties don't necessarily limit arms, they simply encourage development of new arms that aren't covered under that treaty. Reagan makes reference to the Second London Naval Treaty which limited the creation of battleships, which, in turn, led to innovation in aircraft carriers.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 62 |
| Miscellaneous II | 79-13 | |
| Miscellaneous III | 79-13 | |
| Miscellaneous IV | 79-13 | |
| In Business | 79-13 | |
| How to Handle Dissident Bureaucrats | 79-13 | |
| Local Energy Solutions | 79-13 | |
| Temperature Restrictions | 79-13 | |
| Vlasenko | 79-14 | There is a right way and a wrong way to escape the Soviet Union. The wrong way would be that taken by Yuri Vlasenko, who requested a Visa from the US Embassy in Moscow in March of 1979. When the request was denied, he revealed he carried a bomb that he would detonate if he was not granted the Visa. Reagan tells the story as a lead-up to one about seven Soviet citizens, five from one family, living in the Embassy because they cannot get Visas and who fear what will happen if they leave. Reagan, as President, would seek their negotiated release. The Library of Congress has a committee hearing documents concerning their relief from 1981.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 177 |
| Six Lies on Energy | 79-14 | |
| Department of Education | 79-14 | |
| Salt II | 79-14 | SALT II was started with 5 objectives in mind, but the treaty now being debated in the Senate meets none of the 5, so, why are we even debating over its passage??
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 90 |
| Hollywood East | 79-14 | |
| Defectors | 79-14 | |
| In Defense of Success | 79-14 | |
| Coal | 79-14 | |
| California | 79-14 | |
| The Draft | 79-14 |
Guest: Martin Anderson |
| Red Tape | 79-14 | |
| Radioactivity | 79-14 | |
| The Golden Fleece | 79-14 | |
| Gadgets | 79-14 | |
| Land | 79-14 | |
| Cuba Overseas | 79-15 | |
| Cuban Conditions | 79-15 | |
| Israel I | 79-15 | |
| Israel II | 79-15 | |
| Salt | 79-15 | |
| Health Care | 79-15 | Congress is trying to get us into a national health system, while England is try to get out of it. Reagan cites several examples of unions, associations and companies securing private health services for their members/employees. There are 8 private health plans with 2.5 million members and growing. And why not? 750,000 people are on waitings lists for hernias, gallstones hip replacements and other minor ailments.
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 369 |
| Miscellaneous and Goodbye | 79-15 | Reagan has a final desk-cleaning day, sharing a few random stories before announcing this will be his final commentary. In one story, he mentions the attempts to disqualify a judge from hearing the challenge to the Equal Rights Amendment purely on the basis of his religion. Not mentioned by Reagan, we have tracked down that this was Judge Marion Callister. He was not disqualifed and he made a ruling in 1981.
Available on "Reagan In His Own Voice"
Available in "Reagan In His Own Hand" Page 416 |
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